Shikigami

As evening approached, the Champion of Castelobruxo emerged, covered in blood, clearly having endured a fierce battle. They were panting heavily, struggling step by step Earth Flow the Quidditch Pitch, until finally, unable to hold on any longer, they collapsed one after another.

Madame Pomfrey from the Hospital Wing quickly led the medical staff into the room. After a preliminary examination, they found that all of them were just exhausted and had no serious injuries. They then organized people to carry them back to the Hospital Wing one by one.

The Champion of Castelobruxo exhausted all the Classic of Mountains and Seas they had tamed in the Map of Mountains and Seas). Everyone fought with all their might, everyone was injured, and some even almost lost their lives, before they finally managed to obtain the scales of the Black Serpent leader. When Headmaster Dumbledore saw that they could no longer hold on, he quickly opened a portal and let them all evacuate.

Their headmistress, Cecilia Silva, was beaming with joy. There were no cowards at Castelobruxo! They were all Champion!

The students of the Hogwarts Academy cheered them on; they never hesitated to praise Champion, for they deserved it.

In the hall, Kurama ate the cheesecake she had been longing for. She had been thinking about it for a long time in the secret realm. After all, no matter how versatile Daphne was, she couldn't do everything perfectly without the right tools and time.

While enjoying their meal, Su Yu and his group kept an eye on the competition. Although Castelobruxo came in second, they only received one quest item, so the final ranking would depend on what the other academies said.

Harry and his friends were already having a party in the Gryffindor Common Room. The Weasley twins were lifted into the air by cheers as they enjoyed the wonderful moment. Neville was nowhere to be seen again, but the three of them were enough. The Gryffindor students cheered and jumped for their three Champion.

Ron also sincerely apologized to Harry. He had long understood that he had fallen out with Harry because he was jealous of Harry, but he had never found an opportunity to Harry. However, Harry didn't say much and simply forgave Ron. After all, it's normal for kids to have disagreements; they just play around and it'll pass.

Before long, they became best friends again.

Hermione was puzzled as she told Su Yu about it. She couldn't understand why boys' friendships came and went so quickly, and why they broke up so inexplicably, and why they made up even more unbelievably.

Over the next two days, both Beauxbatons and Wagadu came out. Sure enough, although Beauxbatons was the third group to return, under the leadership of Phoebe, they successfully retrieved more than 20 branches of the Vermilion Wood. The sap of this wood can cure rare poisons and suppress demonic possession, which made Beauxbatons's overall score no lower than that of the second-place Castelobruxo.

The fourth-ranked Uagadou also successfully obtained the inner cores of the Bingfeng, but only two. Bingfeng is a creature that is entirely black, with the body of a pig and a pig's head at both the front and back. However, it has two inner cores, one controlling yang fire and the other controlling yin cold. Coupled with the local natives and various venomous snakes, this has brought a lot of trouble to the students of Uagadou. Several students have even suffered burns or frostbite, and one student was even frozen into an ice sculpture. They are currently receiving treatment in the Hospital Wing.

The students from the Mahoutokoro didn't return until the very last day. However, only 14 students came out, all of them covered in injuries. They dragged their somewhat crippled bodies and limped out of the Map of Mountains and Seas. They even threw out a giant snake head.

"This is... Xiangliu?" Su Yu frowned, carefully examining the enormous head before him. "How is this possible? How could they have encountered Xiangliu? Isn't Xiangliu supposed to be in the Northern Classic of Overseas?"

All the students around gasped in astonishment, marveling at how they had managed to kill such a ferocious beast.

Even the headmasters and Minister for Magic Fudge and his group were astonished by what they saw. Only the headmaster of the Mahoutokoro, Mochizuki Seigen, could no longer contain his arrogant smile. He covered his injured eye and burst into wild laughter.

"Just a beast, what's so surprising?" Kikuchi Tadao scoffed dismissively. "We brought back 378 hairs from Tao Dog this time. I ask you, who else... has that?"

"That's right, who can compare to our mighty Imperial Mahoutokoro?" Tsuruta Gihei laughed wildly, accidentally aggravating the wound on his shoulder where the white bone was faintly visible, and he gasped.

"Um... but our Hogwarts Academy Champion brought back 8888 quest items..." Seamus muttered under his breath.

"Yeah... what are they so proud of?" Dean chimed in with his sarcastic remarks.

The students from the Mahoutokoro instantly resembled a flock of hens being choked, all their words stuck in their throats, their faces turning red with frustration.

"Baka! We also brought back Xiangliu's head!"

"But Su Yu and the others didn't hand over the scales that the Dragon-bodied Human-faced God had plucked off... Ugh... Just thinking about it still hurts... There were five whole scales..."

"Baka yarou! Come out and fight me one-on-one if you dare! Let me show you the Mahoutokoro my great empire... Ugh..." Just as Tsuruta Gihei was about to reveal the secret, the captain covered his mouth and slapped him hard across the face.

"You idiot! Do you want our secret to be leaked? There are still two more matches to go! You brainless idiot!" Kikuchi Tadao said in a low voice, grabbing Tsuruta Gihei's collar after slapping him.

"Alright, let's send the Champion of the Mahoutokoro to the Hospital Wing for treatment now. After all, there's still one team of Champion hasn't come out yet, is there?" Headmaster Dumbledore interrupted the arguing group and made the decision.

The group from the Mahoutokoro Institute also left the Quidditch arena after being signaled by Headmaster Mochizuki Seigen.

"What do you think happened?" Ka-jie asked Su Yu, who was standing nearby, after seeing the people from the Mahoutokoro helping each other leave.

"What they didn't finish saying, was it about Shikigami? Those Sickle forbidden, how dare they?" Hermione had been studying the Mahoutokoro's knowledge like crazy lately, wanting Su Yu and the others to be prepared in advance and not be unaware of their opponents.

"I guess so, but given the nature of their Eight Million Gods, they shouldn't be able to defeat Xiangliu, let alone cut off one of its heads. I suspect this isn't as simple as it seems." Su Yu recalled the information about the Eight Million Gods in his mind, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't believe that those self-aggrandizing beings could defeat Xiangliu.

"What are these Shikigami you're talking about?" Malfoy was still that curious child, just like the foolish son of a rich but simple-minded landlord.